Parental Stress and Coping Strategies in Parents of an Educational Institution in Times of COVID-19

Abstract

As a consequence of the COVID-2019 pandemic, parents had to adapt to a new way of life, facing different stressors through the use of coping strategies. The aim of the study was to establish the relationship between parental stress and coping strategies in parents of an educational institution in the district of Cartavio, Peru. The research was descriptive-correlational, non-experimental cross-sectional design, with a sample of 108 parents, using the Parental Stress questionnaire, in its reduced version and adapted to the Peruvian context, and the Stress Coping Estimation Inventory (COPE). The results indicate a positive relationship between parental stress and the strategy of behavioral disengagement; parental stress levels belonged mostly to the medium category with 67.5%; the predominant stress coping strategies were active coping and positive reinterpretation - personal development, both with 18.5%. It is concluded that there is a relationship between the parental stress strategy and behavioral disengagement.